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Panelo: Duterte may veto Senate move to block payment for Chinese CCTV project

(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte may veto the Senate’s move to block payment for the P20-billion Chinese closed-circuit television camera project. This is according to Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo, when asked for his reaction to the Senate’s inclusion of two provisions in its version of the 2019 national budget that have this effect on the Safe Philippines Project. The first provision, under the Unprogrammed Fund section, specifies that no amount “shall be utilized for any […]

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ARMM provinces post highest voter turnout on Day 1 of BOL plebiscite

(Eagle News) –Two provinces in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao posted the highest voter turnout on Day 1 of the Bangsamoro Organic Law plebiscite, data released by the Commission on Elections showed. According to Comelec spokesperson James Jimenez, who revealed the information in a Tweet, Maguindanao had the highest voter turnout—of the 652,244 registered voters in the province, 608,846 voted, for a voter turnout of 93.35 percent. Lanao del Sur was in second place, […]

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5.5-magnitude quake hits Cagayan

(Eagle News)–A 5.5-magnitude earthquake struck  Cagayan on Thursday, Jan. 24. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the quake, which was tectonic in origin, hit 27 kilometers northwest of Calayan at 4:34 p.m. An intensity IV was registered in Laoag City; Bacarra, Pasuquin, and Vintar, Ilocos Norte; while an intensity III was felt in Cervantes, and Sinait, Ilocos Sur. The following instrumental intensities were also recorded: Intensity IV in  Pasuquin, Ilocos Norte; Intensity III in Sinait, […]

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Trillanes claims gov’t favored Mislatel as 3rd telco because of its officials’ “contributions” to Duterte’s presidential campaign

Mislatel reiterates it went through the proper process (Eagle News) — Mislatel on Thursday, Jan. 24, reiterated it went through the proper process before it was chosen as the country’s third telco player, even as opposition Senator Antonio Trillanes claimed the consortium had been favored  by the government. In a statement read before the Senate committee on public services, Dennis Uy, chairman of Udenna and Chelsea Logistics, which, together with China Telecom, and Mindanao Islamic Telephone […]

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Lagman slams House for passing bill lowering age of criminal responsibility on second reading

(Eagle News) — Albay Rep. Edcel Lagman on Thursday, Jan. 24, slammed the House of Representatives after it approved on second reading a bill lowering the age of criminal responsibility to 12 years old. In a statement, Lagman said the House was a “chamber of regressive legislation” for approving on second reading House Bill 8858 on Wednesday, Jan. 23. The approved bill had been amended to allow for the change in the minimum age of […]

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CHR reiterates opposition to lowering age of criminal liability even after amended House bill

(Eagle News) — The Commission on Human Rights on Thursday, Jan. 24, expressed opposition to lowering the age of criminal liability anew even after the House of Representatives amended its original proposal pegging the minimum age of criminal liability at nine years old to 12 years old. The amended bill was approved by the House on second reading on Wednesday, Jan. 23. A bill that pegs the minimum age of criminal liability at 13 years […]

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DILG: Local officials’ travel order, leave of absence revoked in event of disasters, calamities

(Eagle News) — The Department of the Interior and Local Government has issued a memorandum revoking all approved travel authorities or leaves of absence of local officials if disasters strike. The Jan. 2 order signed by Interior Secretary Eduardo Año came following criticisms hurled against some mayors for their absence in their areas of jurisdiction during the onslaught of “Ompong” in the country in September last year. Only recently, the DILG filed cases before the […]

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UPDATED: NBI files raps vs Lapeña, others over shabu in magnetic lifters

(Eagle News) — The National Bureau of Investigation on Thursday, Jan. 24, filed charges against former Customs chief Isidro Lapeña and several others in connection with the shabu said to have been found in magnetic lifters last year. Lapeña, who is now the head of the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority, was slapped with administrative  charges–for alleged dereliction of duty and grave misconduct—and criminal charges for graft over the illegal drugs that were allegedly […]

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JUST IN: PHL economy posts 6.2 percent growth in 2018

(Eagle News) — The Philippine economy posted a 6.2 percent growth in 2018, the Philippine Statistics Authority announced on Thursday, Jan. 24. This was after the economy posted a 6.1 percent growth in  the fourth quarter of 2018. According to the PSA, this was higher than the 6.0 percent recorded in the third quarter of 2018. It said it was, however, lower than the 6.5 percent recorded in the same quarter in 2017. https://youtu.be/r2eDNstOiM8  

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Locsin blames PHL labor attaché for US one-year ban on entry of some Filipino workers

(Eagle News)– Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. on Thursday, Jan. 24, blamed a Philippine labor attaché for the United States’ government’s decision to ban for one year Filipinos from obtaining H-2A and H-2B visas to enter the US. “One of our labor attachés questioned such visas so I guess we got what we asked for,” Locsin said on Twitter, without giving names. In a separate Tweet, Locsin said the labor attaché in particular “denounced work/study J1 visas […]

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MRT-3 management to study proposal to extend the operations of its trains

(Eagle News) — The management of the Metro Rail Transit Line 3 on Thursday, Jan. 24, said it would study the proposal to extend the operation of its trains for two more hours. “We will study the proposal given the changes in the current MRT-3 ridership profile as compared to when the extended hours was tested in the past,” the MRT-3 said in a statement. It added, however, that “while we echo our pledge of […]

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Pimentel lauds Comelec, PNP for successful conduct of BOL plebiscite on Day 1

(Eagle News) — Senator Koko Pimentel on Wednesday, Jan. 23, commended the Commission on Elections and the Philippine National Police for the successful conduct of Day 1 of the Bangsamoro Organic Law plebiscite. “Despite some untoward incidents and delays in the opening of polling precincts in Cotabato City, we can consider the BOL polls a huge success,” Pimentel said. On Jan. 21, the BOL plebiscite was held in areas in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, […]

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